AN INVESTIGATION has been launched after a car was found on fire in a children’s playing field.

No one was injured during the dramatic incident which happened on Wednesday night (Wednesday, August 24), in a grassed area that also houses a children’s play park.

Police responded to reports of a car on fire near Fenby Avenue, off Geneva Road, in Darlington, before the vehicle was gutted in the blaze.

A Darlington Police Special Constable confirmed that the incident was under investigation.